SBI PO Model Test Paper with Answers

Directions(Q.1-10):
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have
been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), plastic bags are a better
option than paper bags from the environment's point of view. Many studies comparing plastic versus
paper show that plastic bags have less net environmental effect than paper bags, requiring less
energy for transport, production and recycling and because of all these, plastic generates less
greenhouse gases. They cause less air and water pollution and can get compressed to a small size in
landfills. Plastic bags are sterile and thus are a better option for the transportation of eatables and
medicines.
However there is another side of using plastic. Plastics are manu-factured from petroleum. This brings
a host of other issues e.g. destruction of habitat. Their manufacturing invo-lves chemicals, many of
which have not been sufficiently tested for their toxicological impact on humans and animals.
Exacerbating the problem is that science has only advanced to detect plastic components in human
bodies and then link it to human ailments and diseases.
Where science has been unable to help is that it has largely failed to invent a solution to the hazards
caused by it. Making the situation dismal is the fact that the hazard is closer than it appears. Teflon,
PVC, Polyethylene, polysty-rene in utensils and various silicones in hair and body care products
accumulate in the body and lead to serious diseases.
Plastic producing companies are often chemical com-panies or subsidiaries of chemical companies,
both with poor track records when it comes to their adherence to regulatory compliance and their
willingness to perform toxi-cological analysis on the products that they make.
Plastics often drain component chemicals, including hazardous chemicals when temperature changes
beyond a certain point.

It is for this reason that toxicologists do not recommend storing very cold food in plastics or heating
food (microwa-ving especially) in plastics. Also, plastics are durable materials. Thus, they are hard to
eliminate once used and create tremendous waste. While some common plastics can be recycled the
vast majority cannot be recycled.
Scientists suggest the use of Bio-degradable plastics as an alternative to this persisting problem.
These are the plastics that can decompose in the natural environment. Biodegra-dation of plastics can
be achieved by enabling microorganisms in the environment to metabolize the molecular structure of
plastic films to produce an inert humus-like material that is less harmful to the environ-ment. They
may be composed of either bio-plastics, which are plastics whose components are derived from
renewable raw materials, or petroleum-based plastics. The use of bio-active compounds compounded
with swelling agents ensures that, when combined with heat and moisture, they expand the plastic's
molecular structure and allow the bio-active compounds to metabolise and neutralize the plastic.

Various countries have been adopting different methods to discourage the use of plastic. Growing
awareness in the UK of the problems caused by indiscriminate use of plastic bags is encouraging
retailers to reward customers who bring their own bags or who reuse or recycle existing bags. This is

called the 'Green Bag Scheme'. In other countries retailers have stopped providing free plastic bags
with pur-chases and have been selling cloth bags for very minimalistic prices.

1. What alternative do the scientists suggest for the problem asso-ciated with the use of plastics?
1) Use of biodegradable plastics
2) Treatment of hazards caused by the use of plastics
3) Strict compliance of the chemical companies to toxico-logical tests of their products
4) Banning the use of plastic throughout the world
5) None of these

2. Why don't toxicologists recomm-end the heating of food and storing of cold food in plastic?
1) Food stuff spoils faster in plastic containers
2) The Teflon coating in such utensils is harmful
3) Plastic containers do not undergo recommended toxicology tests
4) Plastic releases harmful chemicals at very high and low temperature
5) None of these

3. According to the author, what is the problem with manufacturing plastic products?
1) These products are not energy efficient
2) These products produce greenhouse gases which are harmful to environment
3) The chemicals involved in their production are not tested for impact on living beings
4) It swells as soon as it comes in contact with heat and moisture
5) None of these

4. What are the author's views about the companies producing plastic products?
i) These companies are mainly responsible for the hazards caused to the environment due to plastics.
ii) Such companies are chemical companies themselves or a subsidiary of such companies.
iii) Such companies do not perform toxicological tests on their products.
1) Only i 2) Both ii and iii

3) Both i and iii 4) Only ii

5) None of these

5. What does the author mean by 'another side of using plastic'?

1) These are disadvantages of using plastic
2) Using biodegradable plastic instead of non-biodegradable plastic
3) Paper bags are better option than plastic bags
4) Many retail stores sell cloth bags at lower price
5) None of these

6. Why does USEPA suggest that plastic bags are a better option than paper bags ?
1) The plastic bags are inexpensive
2) Plastic bags can be tested for toxic chemicals
3) Paper bags do not generate greenhouse gases
4) Plastic bags require less ener-gy as compared to paper for transportation, production and recycling
5)None of these

7. According to the passage, in which of the following fields has science failed?
1) To produce biodegradable plastic
2) To popularize the use of cloth and paper bags instead of plastic
3) To strictly implement the compliance of the chemical companies to toxicological tests of their
products
4) To make plastic - free hair and body care products 5) None

8. Which steps have been taken in UK to encourage the use of alternatives to plastic bags ?
1) The UK government has banned the use of plastic throughout the country
2) The retailers in UK have been selling cloth bags at very low prices
3) The retailers reward the customers who bring their own bags or use the recycled bags
4) The government imposes heavy fine on those using plastic bags 5) None

9. Which of the following is not true in context of the passage?

1) Some countries have stopped providing free plastic bags to customers to discourage the use of
plastic
2) The bio-active compound along with swelling agents ensure that plastic is neutralized in the
presence of heat and moisture
3) Many plastic products do not undergo toxicological test
4) Being durable, plastic creates a lot of waste 5) All are true

10. Although harmful at extreme temperature, why does USEPA recommend transport of eatables and
medicines in plastic bags?
1) Plastic bag generate less greenhouse gases which would react chemically with medicines, thus
producing adverse effect in body
2) Plastic bags are more sterile than other available options
3) Plastic products pass through a number of toxicological testing's
4) Plastic bags are easily degra-ded and thus cause less harm to environment 5) None

Directions (Q. 11-13):

Choose the word /group of words which is /are most similar in meaning to the word printed in bold as
used in the passage.

11. persisting
1) troubling 2) enduring
3) resisting 4) damaging
5) harassing

12. exacerbating
1) executing 2) influencing 3) worsening 4) addressing 5) declining

13. drain
1) sewer 2) waste 3) deplete 4) give out 5) outlet

Directions (Q. 14-15):

Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the
passage.

14. dismal
1) Encouraging 2) Prosperous 3) Glad 4) Generous 5) Respectful

15. compressed
1) Extended 2) Amplified 3) Diffused 4) Intensified 5) Expanded
Directions(Q.16-25):
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in
one part of the sentence, the letter of that part will be the answer. If there is no error, mark (5) No
Error as the answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any)

16. She considered herself

(1) / very fortunate to (2) / have had a (3) / very good education. (4)/ NE (5)
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4)4 5) No Error

17. A lot number of people

(1) /donate money to the organisation(2) /at this time(3)/ of the year.(4)/NE (5)

18. The leader of the opposition

(1)/ is in the danger(2)/of lost his seat (3)/in the next elections(4)/ NE(5)

19. He is the same

(1)/ice-cream vendor (2)/which sold ice-creams (3)/when we were kids.(4)/ NE(5)

20. The police received

(1)/ tremen-dous support from (2)/the general public(3)/over that issue.(4)/ NE(5)

21. I have bought for my sister

(1)/a bottle of perfume (2)/on her birthday (3)/and I hope she liked it.(4)/NE (5)

22. Throughout his tenure

(1)/at the office he(2)/ have proven himself to be a (3)/talented and hard-working employee.(4)/ NE
(5)

23. The committee did not

(1)/ approve the plan(2)/ since it were(3)/neither practical nor efficient.(4)/NE (5)

24. The bus driver drove rashly

(1)/and we had (2)/a narrow escape(3)/on a number of occasions(4)/ NE (5)

25. He never remember

(1)/ to pick up the (2)/ milk bottles while (3)/ picking up the newspaper(4)/
NE (5)

Answers
1) 1; 2) 4; 3) 3; 4) 2; 5) 1; 6) 4;
7) 4; 8) 3; 9) 5; 10) 1; 11) 2; 12) 3
13) 4; 14) 1; 15) 5; 16) 2; 17) 1;
18) 3; 19) 3; 20) 5; 21) 4; 22) 3;
23) 3; 24) 5; 25) 1
Directions(Q.26-30):

Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below each statement should replace the phrase
printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is
given and 'No correction is required', mark (5) 'NCR' as the answer.

26. Ayesha spent the entire morning polishing hers new audio system.
1) Polishing her new
2) Polishing she's new
3) Polishing her's new
4) Polishing Ayesha's new
5) NCR

27. As she grows up, she became doubtful of the existence of fairies.
1) She grown up
2) She grews up 3) She grew up
4) She growned up 5) NCR

28. Sneha and Shraddha need to buy watches because they are always late.
1) Those are always
2) These are always
3) They keep always
4) There are always
5) No Correction Required

29. Neither the local administration nor the police authorities was aware of the tournament being held.
1) Were aware for
2) Was aware for of
3) Was aware for
4) Were aware of 5) NCR

30. Everyone have invested a substantial amount in the on going project but no one expects a profit.
1) did invested a
2) has invested a

3) did investing in a
4) had invested an 5) NCR

Directions(Q.31-35):

Rearrange the following Six sentenc-es 1), 2), 3), 4), 5) and 6) in the pro-per sequence to form a
meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them1. The emperor was impressed with me and rewarded me suitably.
2. He then asked me to make it shorter without erasing its ends.
3. One fine day the king decided to test my intelligence.
4. By doing so, I could make the line shorter without erasing the ends.
5. After thinking over it for some time, I drew longer lines on both the ends of the line that the
emperor had drawn.
6. He drew a line on the floor with the help of a chalk
31. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5

32. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
1) 2 2) 3 3) 4 4) 5 5) 6

33. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5

34. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
1) 2 2) 3 3) 4 4) 5 5) 6

35. Which of the following should be the LAST (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement?
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5

Directions(Q.36-40):

In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been num-bered. These numbers are
printed be-low the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of whi-ch best fits the
blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Many farmers who traditionally (__36__) pulses, millets and paddy have been lured by seed
companies to buy hybrid cotton seeds and other GM crops, which were (__37__) to make their lives
easier and wealthier. Instead they (__38__) bankruptcy and ruin. Their native seeds have been
(__39__) with new hybrids which cannot be saved and need to be purchased every year at a high
cost. Hybrids are also very (__40__) to pest attacks. All pesticides have to be (__41__) from the
company that sold them the seeds; there have been reports of blatant profiteering from these
companies. We are (__42__) told that without genetic engineering and globalization of agriculture the
world will starve, it is constantly promoted as the only (__43__) available for feeding the hungry.
Everywhere, food production is becoming a negative economy, with farmers (__44__) more on buying
costly inputs for industrial production than the price they receive for their produce. The consequence is
rising debts in both rich and poor countries. In some African countries it is cheaper to buy foreign
sugar and coffee than it is to buy locally produced goods. This is because of over production and
subsidies in the West which means that they then dump these goods on Africa (__45__) local
markets.

36. 1) developed 2) cultivated

3) germinated 4) made
5) yielded

37. 1) probably 2) specified

3) designated 4) supposed
5) thought

38. 1) undergo 2) disclosed

3) approached 4) tackling
5) faced

39. 1) supplied 2) converted

3) replaced 4) reduced

5) damaged

40. 1) vulnerable 2) tender

3) dangerous 4) tempted
5) likely

41. 1) purchased 2) bribed

3) adopted 4) buy
5) sprinkled

42. 1) reiterated 2) repeatedly

3) continuous 4) numerously
5) much

43. 1) thing 2) food

3) progression 4) tendency
5) alternative

44. 1) generating 2) expanding

3) spending 4) consuming
5) earning

45. 1) ruining 2) eradicating

3) helping 4) facilitating
5) washing

Directions(Q.46-50):

Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose
the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

46. The statement said that the conference would be ___ a considerable time ___ the global economic
crisis.
1) having, thinking
2) passing, debating
3) spending, discussing
4) expending, arguing
5) exhausting, analyzing

47. After being taken away from his parents at a ______ age, the boy had a very ______ life.
1) young, difficult
2) early, leisurely
3) small, distinction
4) tender, deterrent
5) advanced, restrict

48. Even ___ the period of recession, he got a good job ___ not having much experience.
1) on, even though
2) in, instead 3) while, inspite
4) during, despite
5) although, almost

49. After having ___ the news of their son's excellent result in exams, they came over as ____ as
possible.
1) enjoyed, earlier
2) heard, quickly
3) surprised, running
4) shocked, fast

5) realized hurriedly
50. Although unrecognized ____ his life, his talent was much ___ after his death.
1) entire, adored
2) all, realized 3) whole, worth
4) almost, valued
5) throughout, appreciated

Answers
26) 1; 27) 3; 28) 5; 29) 4; 30) 2; 31) 3; 32) 5; 33) 2; 34) 4; 35) 1; 36) 2; 37) 4; 38) 5; 39) 3; 40)
1; 41) 1; 42) 2; 43) 5; 44) 3; 45) 1; 46) 3; 47) 1; 48) 4; 49) 2; 50) 5

General Awareness, Marketing

And Computers

1. A major public sector raised interest rates on loans by 25 basis points - was news in some major
financial news papers recently. This means bank has raised inter-est by 25 basis points of ___?
1) Savings Bank Interest rate
2) Base Lending Rate
3) Repo Rates
4) Present Rates on Deposits
5) Discounted Rates of Interest

2. The Finance Minister of India in one of his press conferences said that inflationary pressure is likely
to continue following recent incr-ease in rates of some commodit-ies in international markets. Whi-ch
of the following commodities was he referring to as it gets frequent increase at international levels and
disturbs our Home Economy substantially?
1) Gold and silver
2) Petroleum products
3) Tea and sugar 4) Sugar
5) Jute and Jute products

3. Immediately prior to change in the measure of food inflation, which of the following indexes was
being used for measuring it?
1) Whole sale Price Index
2) Consumer Price Index
3) Interest Rates offered by banks on deposits
4) Sensex and Nifty
5) None of these

4. What is the full form of 'FINO' a term we see frequently in financ-ial newspapers?
1) Financial Investment in network and operations
2) Farmer's Investment in national Organization
3) Farmers inclusion news and operation
4) Financial Inclusion Network and Operations
5) None of these

5. Which of the following is/are commodity/ies on which subsidy is given to farmer/poor in India?
1. Fertilizer 2. Kerosene 3. LPG
1) Only 1 2) Only 2
3) Only 3 4) Only 1 and 3
5) All 1,2 and 3

6. 'Bhagyam Oilfields' which were recently in news are located in which of the following states in
India?
1) Rajasthan 2) Gujarat
3) Assam 4) Maharashtra
5) Karnataka

7. The Finance Minister's of India recently decided to review the position of 'Bad Debts' in priority
sector. Which of the following is/are the reason(s) owing to which FM took this decision?
A). Bad Debt in agriculture is still rising substantially every year despite special treatment to it.

B). Bad Debt in other areas of priority sector is almost nil now.
C). Govt. is planning to disburse another instalment of Rs. 1,60,000 crore which will bring 'Bad Debt'
almost at 'Nil level' and no special treatment will be needed in next fiscal year.
1) Only A 2) Only B
3) Only C 4) Both A and B
5) All A, B and C

8. Which amongst the following countries is not a member of the TAPI pipe line project, which was in
news recently?
1) India 2) Afghanistan
3) Portugal 4) Pakistan
5) Turkmenistan

9. An agreements on Arms Reducti-on popularity known as ' START' is one of the major issues in the
way of smooth relations between which of the following two countries?
1) India---- Pakistan
2) India - china 3) China - Japan
4) USA - Russia 5) Russia - Iran

10. The international WWW Conference - 2011 was organized in which of the following places in March
2011?
1) London 2) Paris
3) Vienna 4) Manila
5) Hyderabad
Answers
1) 2; 2) 2; 3) 2; 4) 5; 5) 5; 6) 1;
7) 5; 8) 3; 9) 4; 10) 5
11. Which of the following internati-onal agencies/ organization had initiated an "International
Convention for the 'protection of all persons from Enforced Dis-appeared', which came into effect
recently?
1) World Health Organization (WHO)

2) International court of Justice

3) International Maritime Orga-nization
4) United Nations Organization
5) None of these

12. 'BRIC' which was the Organi-zation of 4 nations namely Brazil, Russia, India and China has now
become 'BRICS'. Which is the fifth nation included in it?
1) South Korea 2) Sri Lanka
3) Singapore 4) South Africa 5) Punjab

13. The process of acquisition of agriculture land and its compensation to farmers recently came up as
a major issue in which of the following states? (It also created law and order problem in the state)
1) Haryana 2) Gujarat
3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Rajasthan 5) Punjab

14. What does the letter 'L' denotes in term 'LAF' as referred every now and then in relation to
monetary policy of the RBI?
1) Liquidity 2) Liability
3) Leveraged 4)Longitudinal 5) Linear

15. BP Plc which was in news recently is a major international company in field of-----1) Heavy Machinery 2) Oil exploration 3) Atomic Energy
4) Information Technology 5) None of these

16. Who amongst the following has been appointed as the new coach of the Indian Cricket team for a
period of two years?
1) Smart law 2) Allan Border 3) Gray Kristen
4) Duncan Fletcher
5) Allan Donald

17. Why was Kanishtha Dhankhar's name in news recently?

1) She was crowned Femina Miss India - 2011

2) She was adjusted Best Actress - 2010 by film fare
3) She is the new Captain of India's woman cricket team
4) She is the new Dy. Minister Textile in place of Dayanidhi Maran
5) None of these

18. K.Balachander, who was awar-ded prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award - 2010 is basically a/an
______
1) Actor 2) Director
3) Photographer
4) Music Director
5) Choreographer

19. Banks and other financial insti-tutions in India are required to maintain a certain amount of liquid
assets like cash, precious metals and other short term securities as a reserve all the time. In Banking
world this is known as?
1) CRR 2) Fixed Asset
3) SLR 4) PLR 5) None

20. Which of the following space agencies recently launched three satellites and placed them into polar
Sun Synchronous Orbit successfully?
1) NASA 2) ROSCOSMOS
3) CNSA 4) ISRO 5) JAXA

21. As per the decision taken by the Govt. of India recently 'Bamboo is a liberated item now'. What
does it really mean?
1. Bamboo henceforth will be treated as a minor
2. Now villagers are free to sell bamboo in their community forest areas.
3. Gramsabha is given right to issue transport the produce.
1) Only 1 2) Only 2 3) Only 3 4) All 1, 2 and 3 5) None of these

22. Union Cabinet recently passed Rs. 7000 crore project to clean- up which of the following rivers in
India?
1) Narmada 2) Raavi 3) Ganga 4) Chambal
5) Krishna

23. As per estimate of the planning Commission of India the target

growth rate of 12th five year plan is set to ____
1) 7 to 8% 2) 8.0% to 8.5% 3) 9% to 9.5% 4) 10 to 10.5%
5) 11 %

24. Good luck Jonathan was recently reelected the President of ___
1) South Africa 2) Nigeria
3) Kosovo 4) Haiti
5) None of these

25. Which of the following schemes is not launched by the ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of
India?
1) National Old Age Pension Scheme
2) National Maternity Benefit scheme
3) National Family Benefit Scheme
4) Mid - Day Meal Scheme
5) All are launched by Ministry of Rural Development

26. Where you are likely to find an embedded operating system?

1) On a desktop operating system 2) On a networked PC
3) On a network server
4) On a PDA 5) On a mainframe

27. An online discussion group that allows direct 'live' communi-cation is known as __?
1) Web crawler 2) Chat group 3) Regional services provider

4) Hyperlink 5) e - mail

28. Which of the following is a prog-ram that uses a variety of different approaches to identify and
eliminate spam?
1) Directory speech 2) Anti- spam program 3) Web server
4) Web storefront creation package
5) Virus

29. Connection or link to other documents or web pages that contain related information is called ___
1) Dial - up
2) Electronic commerce
3) Hyperlink 4) e - cash
5) Domain name

30. Which of the following is a programming language for creating special programs like applets?
1) JAVA 2) Cable
3) Domain name 4) .Net
5) COBOL

31. The system Unit__

1) Coordinates input and output devices
2) Is the container that houses electronic components
3) Is a combination of hardware and software
4) Controls and manipulates data
5) Does the arithmetic operations

32. System software ______

1) Allows the user to diagnose and trouble shoot the device
2) Is a programming language

3) Is part of a productivity suit

4) Is an optional form of software
5) Helps the computer manage internal resources

33. Computer and communication technologies such as communi-cation links to the Internet that
provide help and understanding to the end user is known as __?
1) Presentation file
2) Information technology 3) Program
4) Worksheet file 5) FTP

34. Which of the following is contained on chips connected to the system board and is a holding area
for data instructions and information? (Processed data waiting to be output to secondary storage)
1) Program 2) Mouse 3) Internet 4) Memory 5) Modem

35. Microsoft's Messenger allows users to __

1) To bypass a browser to surf the web
2) Create a blog
3) Communicate via direct live communication
4) Identify and eliminate spam
5) Make graphic presentation

36. Portable computer, also known as laptop computer, weighting between 4 and 10 pounds is called
___
1) General - purpose application 2) Internet 3) Scanner
4) Printer 5) Notebook computer

37. The main circuit- board of the system unit is the ___
1) Computer program 2) Control unit 3) Mother board
4) RAM 5) None of these

38. Which of the following is billionth of a second?

1) Gigabyte 2) Terabyte
3) Nano second 4) Micro second 5) Terra second

39. Online Marketing is the function of which of the following?

1) Purchase section
2) Production Department 3) I.T. Department
4) Design section
5) A collective function of all staff

40. Customization is useful for____

1) Designing customer specific products
2) Call Centers 3) Publicity
4) Motivating the staff 5) Cold calls
41. The key challenge to market driven strategy is _____
1) Selling maximum products 2) Employing maximum DSAs
3) Delivering superior value to customers
4) being rigid to changes
5) Adopting shot term vision

42. Effective selling skills depends on ______.

1) Size of the sales teams 2) Age of the sales teams
3) Peer strength
4) Knowledge level of the sales team
5) Educational level of the sales team

43. Generation of the sales leads can be improved by ____

1) Being very talkative
2) Increasing personal and professional contracts

3) Being passive
4) Engaging Recovery agents
5) Product designs

44. A Market plan is ____

1) Performance appraisal of marketing staff
2) Company Prospectus
3) Documented marketing strategies
4) Business targets
5) Call centre

45. Marketing channels mean _____

1) Delivery objects 2) Sales targets
3) Delivery outlets
4) Delivery boys 5) Sales teams

46. Social Marketing means _____

1) Share Market Prices 2) Marketing by the entire society
3) Internet marketing
4) Marketing for a social cause
5) Society bye - laws

47. Service Marketing is the same as

1) Internet marketing 2) Telemarketing 3) Internal marketing
4) Relationship marketing 5) Transaction marketing

48. Market driven strategies include

1) Identifying problems
2) Planning marketing tactics of peers

3) Positioning the organization and its brands in the market place

4) Internal marketing
5) Selling old products
49. Innovation in marketing is same as ____
1) Motivation 2) Perspiration 3) Aspiration 4) Creativity 5) Team work

50. Personal Loans can be canvassed among____

1) Salaried persons
2) Pensions 3) Foreign National
4) NRI customers
5) Non- customers

Answers
11) 5; 12) 4; 13) 3; 14) 1; 15) 2;
16) 4; 17) 1; 18) 4; 19) 1; 20) 4;
21) 4; 22) 3; 23) 5; 24) 2; 25) 4;
26) 4; 27) 2; 28) 2; 29) 3; 30) 1;
31) 3; 32) 5; 33) 2; 34) 4; 35) 3;
36) 5; 37) 3; 38) 3; 39) 5; 40) 1;
41) 3; 42) 3; 43) 2; 44) 3; 45) 3;
46) 4; 47) 4; 48) 3; 49) 4; 50) 1

I. Ministry should organize the consciousness campaign for the rules related to traffic.
II. The licenses of the men should be cancelled if they disobey the rules of traffic.

25. Statement: Researchers are feeling agitated as libraries are not equipped to provide the right
infor-mation to the right users at the right time in the required format. Even the users are not aware
about the various services available for the users.
Course of Action:
I. All the information available in the libraries should be computerized to provide faster services to the
users
II. Library staff should be trained in computer operations.

Directions (Q. 26 to 30): In making decisions about important questions it is desirable to be able to
disti-nguish between 'Strong' arguments and 'weak' arguments in so far as they relate to the question.
'Strong' arguments are those which are both important and directly related to the question. 'Weak'
arguments are those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the
question or may be related to a trivial aspect of the question. Each question below is followed by two
arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments a 'strong' argume-nt is and
which 'weak' argument.
26. Statement: The integrated steel plants in India would no longer have to depend on imports for
continuous casting refractories.
Assumptions:
I. Continuous casting refractories are needed by India.
II. Continuous casting refractories are in demand

1) if only assumption I is implicit

2)if only assumption II is implicit
3) if either assumption I or II is implicit
4) If neither assumption I nor II is implicit
5) if both assumption I and II are implicit
27. Statement: Nobody can predict as to how long our country would taken to contain the unfortunate
and disastrous activities
Assumptions:
I. It is impossible to put an end to terrorist activities.
II. Efforts to control the terrorist activities are on.
28. Statement: Wars must be discouraged vehemently even though majority of the victims might have
been a nuisance to peace loving people.
Assumptions:
I. Some people create problems to peace loving people.

II.Wars kill majority of the wicked people.

29. Statement: "please issue a circular to all the officers to assemble in the Conference Hall for
attending a meeting" Director tells his Secretary.
Assumptions:
I. All the officers will follow the instruction.
II. Some Officers may not attend meeting.
30. Statement: "You are hereby appointed as a programmer with a probation period of one year and
your performance will be reviewed at the end of the period for conformation" --- a line in an
appointment letter.
Assumptions:
I. The performance of an individual generally is not known at the time of appointment offer.
II. Generally an individual tries to prove his worth in the probation period.
Directions (Q. 31 to 35): Study the following information carefully and answer the question given
below.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are eight employee's of an organization working in three departments viz.
Personnel, Administration and Marketing with not more than three of them in any department. Each of
them has a different choice of sports from football, cricket, volleyball, badminton, lawn tennis, basket
ball, hockey and table tennis not necessarily in the order. D works in Administration and does not like
either football or cricket. F works in personnel with only A who is likes table tennis. E and H do not
work in the same department as D. C likes hockey and does not work in marketing. G does not work
in administration and does not like either cricket or badminton. One of those who work in
administration likes football. The one who likes volleyball works in personnel. None of these who work
in administration likes either badminton or lawn tennis. H does not like cricket.
31. Which of the following groups of employees work in Administration department?
1) EGH 2) AF 3) BCD
4) BGD 5) Data inadequate
32. In which department does E work?
1) Personnel 2) Marketing
3) Administration 4) Data inadequate
5) None of these
33. What is E's favorite sport?
1) Cricket 2) Badminton
3) Basketball 4) Lawn Tennis
5) None of these

34. Which of the following combinations of employee department favorite sport is correct?
1) E- Administration - Cricket
2) F - Personnel - Lawn tennis
3) H - Marketing - Lawn Tennis
4) B-Administration-Table Tennis
5) None of these
35. What is G's favorite sport?
1) Cricket 2) Badminton
3) Basketball 4) Lawn Tennis
5) None of these

Direction (Q. 36-39): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.
A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges
them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and
rearrangement. (All the numbers are two- digit numbers.)
Input: 36 always fine 47 below 83
ever shall 56 13 ice 74
Step I: Always 36 fine 47 below 83
ever shall 56 ice 74 13
Step II: Always ever 36 fine below
83 shall 56 ice 74 13 47
Step III: Always ever ice 36 fine
below shall 56 74 13 47 83
Step IV: Always ever ice below shall
56 74 13 47 83 36
Step V: Always ever ice below shall
74 13 47 83 36 56
Step VI: Always ever ice below shall
13 47 83 36 56 74

Step VI: is the last step of the above input. As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in
each of the following questions the steps for the input given below.
Input: 98 above 87 plant new 19 78 of 12 grapes attack 55
36. Which of the following will be the last step of the rearrangement?
1) IV 2) V 3) VI 4) VII 5) None
37. Which of the following elements will be the 7th element from right I step V?
1) Plant 2) 19 3)New
4) 98 5) None of these
38. Which step number would be the following output? Above attack of 98 plant new 78 12 grapes 19
55 87
1) II 2) III 3) IV 4) V
5) There will be no such step
39. In step V of rearrangement, if 'attack' is related to 'grapes' in a certain way and '98' is related to
'19' in the same way, which of the following would 'above' be related to following the same way?
1) Attack 2) of 3) grapes 4) 12 5) 78
Directions (Q.40-45): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow.
There are eight members of a family - A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H. All of them are sitting around a
circular table facing the center. They belong to three different generations and there are three married
couples among them. Also, four of them are males and four are of the opposite gender (though not
necessarily in the same order) Further, some more information is also given.
The son - in -law and grandson of H are immediate neighbors. G cannot be an immediate neighbor of
her sister - in -law
B, a spinster, is sitting two places to the right of her grandfather E. A and his sibling D can't sit
together
There are only three persons sitting between B and her aunt D. C, a married male, cannot be an
immediate neighbour of either E or B.
F and B are not siblings. There is only one person sitting between C and his brother-in-law
40. What is the relationship of C with E?
1) Father 2) Son
3) Son-in-law 4)Brother-in-law
5) Can't be Determined
41. What is the position of H with respect to her grand-daughter?
1) Second to the left

2) Third to the left

3) Fourth to the right
4) Third to the right
5) None of these
42. Which of the following is definitely the group of families?
1) H G F B 2) G D B A
3) B H D C 4) G D B H
5) G D C H
43. Who among the following is sitting exactly between G's daughter and C's son?
1) A's father 2) D's son
3) H's husband 4) B's father
5) None of these
44. How many persons are sitting between G and her Bother-in-law?
1) One 2) Two 3) Three
4) Four 5) Can't determined
45. If all the eight persons are seated in the English alphabetical order starting with A, the position of
how many of them will remain unchanged (excluding A), if counted in anticlockwise direction starting
from A?
1) One 2) Two 3) Three
4) Four 5) None of these
Directions(Q.46-50): In each of the questions given below, which of the five Answer Figures on the
right
should come after the problem figures on the left, if the sequence were continued?

Answers :

23) 2; 24) 5; 25) 5; 26) 1; 27) 2;

28) 1; 29) 5; 30) 5; 31) 3; 32) 2;
33) 1; 34) 5; 35) 4; 36) 3; 37) 4;
38) 2; 39) 2; 40) 3; 41) 2; 42) 4;
43) 4; 44) 3; 45) 3; 46) 3; 47) 4;
48) 3; 49) 4; 50) 3;

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